The First Tooth!

Hyrum is very aware of everyone that looses their teeth in his class.  He has been wanting to loose a tooth for a over a year now because a lot of his friends have already lost more than a few.  Last Monday after school he told me that his bottom front tooth was loose.  He was so excited about his loose tooth, he kept asking me questions about the Tooth Fairy and how to pull his tooth out.  I wiggled his tooth and tried to calm his excitement because it really wasn't that loose.  It wiggled back and forth a little, but it could easily stay in for another week before it was ready to pull/fall out.  Hyrum asked me to pack an apple for him in his lunch the next day because he REALLY wanted to loose his tooth at school so that he could go to the principals office to get a 'tooth container' the office gives out.  When Tuesday came I completely forgot to put an apple in his lunch.  Just before he left for the bus he pleaded with me to PLEASE punch him in the mouth so his tooth would pop out easier at school.  I declined and sent him off.  He was glowing when he got home as he showed me his tooth container with his tiny tooth inside.  There was a little bit of dried blood on his hand and some on his face that looks like it wasn't wiped off very well.  I asked him how he got it out, because it wasn't ready yet.  He said that he pulled and pulled and wiggled and wiggled a lot until it finally came out.  He also said it kind of hurt to pull it out, but he really wanted to loose the tooth before school got out.  Hyrum inherited his bull-headed determination from his Dad.  When they want something they will do WHATEVER it takes to get it.  This is a great quality to have, most of the time.:)   The Tooth Fairy did pay him a visit.  She gave him a tooth receipt with a map of his teeth and a note detailing the event and condition of his tooth.  The Tooth Fairy, unfortunately was not planning on him loosing his tooth this fast, so she snuck a quarter out of his bank to pay him.  So, he was basically going to be his own Tooth Fairy, but luckily Brett managed to find a quarter just before we went to bed.  I love watching his excitement and joy to experience this new passage of development.